A children’s book illustrator from Juneau known for drawing mother-baby animal pairs like sea otters and wolves was dropped by his publisher this week after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children.
Juneau police say several anti-transgender notes were recently found across the city, which said, “Feeling cute. Might shoot some children.” One note was found stuck on a bulletin board in the State Office Building, police said. Photographed April 3, 2023.
After the Nashville shooting, a false and baseless online narrative emerged that claimed there’s been a rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years. Some pundits and political influencers on social media went further, falsely suggesting that movements for trans rights are radicalizing activists into terrorists.
Online records didn’t list an attorney for Watley. A man who didn’t identify himself answered the door at the couple’s home and said there would be no comment.In Juneau, booksellers removed the books Watley illustrated for his wife, Sarah Asper-Smith. Their publisher, Sasquatch Books, owned by Penguin Random House, said Wednesday it has ended its publishing relationship with Watley and will discontinue selling their books.
Juneau merchants began removing Asper-Smith’s books from their shelves this week, but only the ones with illustrations by her husband. She does not face charges.
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Publisher drops children's illustrator for anti-trans notesAn Alaska man known for illustrating widely distributed children’s books with cute mother-baby animal pairs has been dropped by his publisher after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children
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Publisher drops children's illustrator for anti-trans notesAn Alaska man known for illustrating widely distributed children’s books with cute mother-baby animal pairs has been dropped by his publisher after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children. They say he may have been influenced by a recent Nashville school shooting that fueled online backlash against transgender people. Mitchell Thomas Watley will have a preliminary hearing April 11 on a single count of terroristic threatening. He is accused of placing notes in businesses that included an assault rifle superimposed over the transgender flag. The text on the notes read: “Feeling Cute Might Shoot Some Children.”
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Publisher drops children's illustrator for anti-trans notesAn Alaska man known for illustrating widely distributed children’s books with cute mother-baby animal pairs has been dropped by his publisher after authorities allege he posted transphobic notes threatening children
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Local artist appears in court in connection with anti-trans notes left around JuneauMitchell Watley is widely known as the illustrator of the popular Alaska children’s book “I Would Tuck You In.” He’s being charged with terroristic threatening – a felony.
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Juneau shops pull local artist’s books in wake threatening, anti-trans notes“(Trans people) do not deserve to be persecuted or to live in fear,” said Alaska Robotics co-owner Pat Race after pulling Watley’s books from the shelf in response to his arrest. “Nor should we live in fear of them.”
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